Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over four years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

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Homa Bay – The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has strongly rejected Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga’s proposal to devolve the education sector to county governments.

Led by KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori, the union warned that the move would cripple the country’s education system.

This comes a few days after the former prime minister, during the Devolution Conference in Homa Bay county, urged the executive and parliament arms of government to begin preparations to devolve the entire basic education sector, from Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) to secondary schools, to county governments.

Speaking at Miyuga Mixed Secondary School in Karachuonyo, Akelo Misori emphasised that teachers across the country would resist attempts to hand over education management to county governments.

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Misori said that counties are unfit to run schools, noting the poor state of ECD centres with few teachers, inadequate classrooms, and weak infrastructure as proof that devolution would be misguided.

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He said that ECDE is supposed to give children a proper foundation, but it has not been realised despite it being devolved more than a decade ago.

He further argued that if Raila’s proposal is actualised, it will deepen inequalities in the education sector.

Misori added that counties lack the capacity to effectively manage education, citing the collapse of other devolved services, including the health sector, which he said has been struggling and is riddled with strikes every time.

On his part, KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu echoed Misori’s, noting that counties’ poor management of ECDE was proof that they cannot handle primary and secondary education.

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He revealed that many centres lack proper quality assurance, making them incapable of delivering meaningful education.

He insisted that education must remain under the national government, arguing it is essential for stability and serves as the backbone of the country.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke